cve-2014-7990
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-11-07 11:00
Modified
2024-08-06 13:03
Severity ?
Summary
Cisco IOS XE 3.5E and earlier on WS-C3850, WS-C3860, and AIR-CT5760 devices does not properly parse the "request system shell" challenge response, which allows local users to obtain Linux root access by leveraging administrative privilege, aka Bug ID CSCur09815.
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-7990Vendor Advisory
ykramarz@cisco.comhttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=36351Vendor Advisory
ykramarz@cisco.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70968
ykramarz@cisco.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031179
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98529
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-7990Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=36351Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70968
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031179
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98529
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